Clock-case



(No Model.)

A. M. LANE.

CLOCK CASE.

No. 555,587. Patented Aug. 25, 1895.

ZU/NESSEE UNITED S Ares' ALMERON M. LANE, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT.

CLOCK-CASE SPECIFllfoli'lIOhl' forming part of Letters Patent No. 566,587, dated August 25, 1896.

Application ledJ'uly 23,1894. Serial No. 518,294. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, ALMERON lll. LANE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Meriden, in the county of N ew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CloclCases, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in clock-eases, and the objects of my improvement are simplicity and economy in construction and at the same time to produce a neat finish at the front of the case.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of my clockease with the sash open and portions broken away. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same. Fig. is a rear elevation of a portion of the front flange and one of the feet, together with a portion of the case in section. Fig. i is a detached sectional view of a portion. ot the case, taken on the line :t .s of Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a like view through one of the posts ll.

The body 5 of the case is cylindrical and provided with a back 6, of any desired construction. IVithin the front portion of the case 5, I secure a langed ring 7 in any proper manner, as, for example, by rivets or screws S, as shown at the upper side of Fig. 2. The movementhplates 9 may be connected to this flange by means of brackets or feet lO, as shown. To thisilanged ring I also secure several posts or studs ll, the outer ends of which are about flush with the front edge of the body 5 of the case. The front ends of these studs are drilled and threaded, and the finishing-flange l2 is secured thereon by means of the screws 13, which enter the internally-threaded ends of the posts ll. Projecting from the front of the flange l2 is a bead 14, the inner diameter of which is preferably a little larger than the diameter of the oase, and to this flange I secure the sash l5 by means of the hinge 18, and I prefer to make the rear or base of said sash of the same diameter as the body of the case, and when the sash is closed, as shown in Fig. 2, its rear edge shuts inside of the bead 14. so as to conceal it and form a neat finish, while at the same time it is not necessary to make the sash closely iit the inside of the bead, and if its inner edge should not abut squarely against the front face of the flange the defeet will not be noticed. It' desired to form a mantel-clock, I secure the feet 1G to the back of the flange l2, as shown in Fig. 4. These feet are cut out from sheet metal with their upper edge curved to correspond with the curvature of the case-body 5 and secured to the flange in any proper manner, as, for eX- ample, by means of a rivet 17, in such a position that when the iiange is secured to the case-body the curved edge of the feet will fit said body, as shown in Fig. 3, so that the feet will not swivel, although they are secured by a single rivet. If the clock-case is designed for use as a hangingv case, the feet may of course be omitted Without any change in the construction of the case. Heretofore the feet have either been secured directly to the body of the case or formed integral with the clockfront.

By my improvement I make a simple and cheaply-constructed clock-case, in which the movement may be conveniently attached through the front, and I provide a cheap and convenient way of securing the front flange to the case. By providing the flange with a forwardly-projecting bead I conceal the inner edge of the sash, so that a neat iinish is formed, even though the sash is not iitted with great precision; and, if desired, I make the body of the sash of the same diameter as the body of the case, while the iiange projects beyond both, thereby improving the appearance of the case. I have not shown the glass and mat for the sash, nor the dial, but it will of course be understood that any ordinary glass, mat, and dial may be provided. I have also represented the movement-plates as without any perforations for the running parts, because the vparticular movement employed is immaterial to my ease. I have, however, shown the movement-plates, so as to illustrate how the movement may be conveniently attached to the iianged ring.

I claim as my invention- A clock-case, having an edge that faces to the front, a tlanged ring secured to the in side of the case by the cylindrical portion of said ring, a iinishingflauge l2 projecting over the front edge of the said case-body, means for securing said finishing-ange to inwardly-projecting member of the said iianged ring, and a sash hinged to the said inishing-ilange substantially as described.

l ALMERON M. LANE.

Witnesses:

JAMEs SHEPARD,

A. W. STIPEK.

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